Use 1984 as your vantage point to look back into the past (Plato, Augustine, etc.) AND to analyze the present.
How is Winston from 1984 similar to Antigone or the prisoner in Plato’s cave?
How is he different? How is Winston’s world similar to the one in which we find ourselves living today?
How is it different? Use these comparisons and contrasts to explore the Big Question you have chosen.
How is Winston from 1984 similar to Antigone or the prisoner in Plato’s cave?